Realistic and reactive non player characters that respond appropriately to activity in their game world would be welcomed by game developers and players alike. Unfortunately, despite significant progress made by in this area of research, this goal has still yet to be fully achieved. In this paper, we present a new Realistic Reaction System, based on our previous work in this area, which provide...

A. Nanoparticles are very small (nearly atomic scale) with diameters less than 100 nm (<0.1 micron) in at least one dimension. Because of their small size, air sampling results indicating low mass concentrations actually contain greater numbers and larger surface area/unit mass of nanoparticles than for the same mass concentration of larger particles. Also, nanoparticles may be more biologicall...

The heterogeneous oxidation of SO2 by NO2 on mineral dust was studied using Diffuse Reflectance Infrared Fourier Transform Spectroscopy (DRIFTS) and a Knudsen cell. This made it possible to characterise, kinetically, both the formation of sulfate and nitrate as surface products and the gas phase loss of the reactive species. The gas phase loss rate was determined to be first order in both SO2 a...

Adaptive behavior requires the ability to flexibly control actions. This can occur either proactively to anticipate task requirements, or reactively in response to sudden changes. Here we report neuronal activity in the supplementary motor area (SMA) that is correlated with both forms of behavioral control. Single-unit and multiunit activity and intracranial local field potentials (LFPs) were r...

OBJECTIVE To report clinical, histopathological and molecular features of 'salmon patch'-like conjunctival lesions in paediatric and adolescent patients, and discuss management of these patients and outcome. METHODS Patients who presented between 2000 and 2011 with a conjunctival 'salmon-patch'-like lesion in the plical area, were identified by chart review. Clinical parameters, demographic c...

Algebraic specification frameworks such as the Casl family of specification languages are presently expanding to encompass all aspects of software, including e.g. functional programming and reactive specification. Thus, a comprehensive environment for formal software development is being created. This paper gives an overview of publications by the author that contribute to this goal, both in th...

•Management interventions for addressing invading annual grasses and encroaching conifers their effects on fire dynamics in the sagebrush ecosystem are largely reactive.•Reactive management limits tools promoting long-term resilience a fire-prone landscape.•We propose an integrated approach which all activities before, during, after wildfire synergistic improve response to fire.•Harney County W...

Vehicular Ad-Hoc Network or VANET is a technology that uses moving cars as nodes in a network to create a mobile network. VANET moves each performing car into a wireless router or node, mainly the involvement of interest to MANETs is of interest in VANETs, but the information diverges. Rather than moving at random, vehicles tend to move in an institutionalized fashion. In this paper rural and u...